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غثمر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are coarse, rough, inferior, or mixed in a poor quality. It extends to concepts of spoiling, consuming unjustly, and being unrefined or uncleaned.

Derived headwords

المغثمرnoun
  1. 1.
    Coarse, rough clothboth

    A garment made of coarse, poorly woven material.

  2. 2.
    Unjust consumerclassical

    One who unjustly consumes or infringes upon rights.

مغثمراًadjective
  1. 1.
    Coarse, roughboth

    Describing something as coarse, rough, or of poor quality, often referring to fabric.

غثمرverb
  1. 1.
    To spoil, ruinboth

    To spoil or ruin one's property or possessions.

مغثمرadjective
  1. 1.
    Mixed, inferiorclassical

    Describing plants or food that are mixed, unrefined, and of poor quality.

  2. 2.
    Uncleaned, unrefinedclassical

    Referring to food that is still with its husk, uncleaned, or un-sifted.

مغذرمadjective
  1. 1.
    Mixed, inferiorclassical

    Similar to 'maghthamar', describing mixed and inferior quality, often of plants.

مغثومadjective
  1. 1.
    Mixed, inferiorclassical

    Similar to 'maghthamar', describing mixed and inferior quality, often of plants.

مغثمرadjective
  1. 1.
    Infringing upon rightsclassical

    One who infringes upon and unjustly consumes the rights of others.

مغذمرadjective
  1. 1.
    Infringing upon rightsclassical

    Variant of 'maghthamar', describing one who infringes upon and unjustly consumes the rights of others.

Parallel reading

الثوب الخشن الرديء النسج
The coarse, poorly woven garment.
عمدا كسوت مرهبا مغثمرا
Intentionally I clothed Marhaban in a coarse garment.
ولو أشاء حكته محبرا
And if I wished, I could have made it (smooth) like fine silk.
ألبسته المغثمر لأدفع به عنه العين
I clothed him in the coarse garment to ward off the evil eye from him.
وغثمر الرجل ماله: أفسده
And the man spoiled his property: he ruined it.
إنه لنبت مغثمر ومغذرم ومغثوم أي مخلط ليس بجيد
It is a mixed, unrefined, and inferior plant, not good.
طعام مغثمر إذا كان بقشره لم ينق ولم ينخل
Food is 'maghthamar' if it is with its husk, uncleaned, and unsifted.
المغثمر الذي يحطم الحقوق ويتهضمها
The 'maghthamar' is one who crushes and unjustly consumes rights.
ومغثمر لحقوقها هضامها
And one who infringes upon its rights, consuming them unjustly.